As a biology teacher, there are few more exciting opportunities than spending a week on placement at biomedical research organisations, Wellcome Trust and the Crick Institute. We went with an aim to find out more about the range of STEM careers in large science organisations, and for both of us as teachers at Liverpool Life...

Bethan Cornell MPhys (Hons) is a PhD Student in Physics at King's College London and a STEM Ambassador. Over the last year, she has delivered career talks for young people and supported their development of employability skills.

She is motivated to volunteer due to her frustrations about the stereotypes that exist in...

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CERN has recently published its ideas for a £20bn successor to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), given the working name of Future Circular Collider (FCC).The Geneva based particle physics research centre is proposing to dig a new tunnel under CERN with a 100km ring that is almost ten times more powerful than the LHC, hunting for new sub-atomic...

The ENTHUSE Celebration Awards recognise teachers, technicians, support staff, ENTHUSE Partnerships and schools and colleges who have shown commitment to continuing professional development (CPD), which in turn, has improved young people’s achievements and progression in STEM.At STEM Learning, we believe in recognising those who are dedicated to...

STEM Learning has announced that MedImmune, the global biologics R&D arm of AstraZeneca, will become the latest supporter to join our campaign to improve young people’s outcomes in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects.MedImmune’s support will enable a group of schools and colleges close to its Cambridge R&D...

STEM Ambassadors from Network Rail attended a practical and hands-on training day at the National STEM Learning Centre on 22 November 2018.This training is the first of its kind, developed following an exciting new partnership between STEM Learning and Network Rail. As part of this partnership, we are developing a whole new set of resources for...

Ørsted is the latest firm to back ENTHUSE Partnerships in the UK, targeting their support at schools via their East Coast Community Fund.The grant, for £20,000, will enable a group of schools and colleges to address local issues of underachievement in STEM subjects through a two-year programme to improve young people’s knowledge, skills and...

We offer a programme of bursaries to support schools with the costs associated with attending CPD at our National STEM Learning Centre in York. For qualifying schools, our DfE-funded bursaries for high-impact science CPD now include additional support.As well as covering all the costs of the activity fee, the bursary may also...

Global electrical and industrial power management company, Eaton, is the latest firm to back ENTHUSE Partnerships in the UK, targeting their support at schools near to a number of their sites in Doncaster, Worksop and Cwmbran.STEM Learning’s ENTHUSE Partnerships enable groups of schools and colleges to address local issues of underachievement in...

International Volunteers’ Day takes place on 5 December and is an annual celebration of the amazing work that volunteers do around the world.At STEM Learning, we are hugely proud of the amazing work that STEM Ambassadors do across the UK. Our 30,000 STEM Ambassadors, representing more than 2,500 employers, play an essential role in inspiring and...

We are delighted that the Department for Education has confirmed that a consortium of STEM Learning, Raspberry Pi and BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT has been chosen to establish the National Centre for Computing Education, driving excellence in computing education across England.The Government is committed to making England the best...

On 6 November 2018, Juergen Maier, Chief Executive of Siemens UK was awarded the title of Honorary STEM Ambassador, at a ceremony in London.The presentation took place at the 2018 Siemens Education SeeWomen event. SeeWomen is a project which aims to inspire and motivate young people and in particular girls to pursue STEM careers and challenge...

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I want to run a STEM space related week and am looking for suitable workshop providers in Surrey for primary school aged children (with a possibility of stretching to lower KS3 ability). I would also like to invite females who are connected to the space industry (engineers would be fantastic, the odd astronaut or flight manager, etc.) into school to talk to our pupils, so I am...

Hello I am a newly appointed Primary Science coordinator and am at a bit of a loss where to begin One thing I'd like to do is organise a whole school science week to raise the profile of science. Has anyone done this? Any advice welcome Thank you

All primary schools in WAKEFIELD and HULL are now eligible to apply for our #primaryscience grants - £600 per year for three consecutive years. Please spread the word to your colleagues in primary science!

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